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Jay Johnson picks up another hitter for LSU baseball in the transfer portal
Jay Johnson has landed an intriguing prospect out of the transfer portal in Dalton Beck from Incarnate Word. Beck has been a bit of a journeyman over the first three years of his collegiate career. Beck started at Grayson College before transferring to Kansas State for his sophomore season and then transferring to Incarnate Word for his junior season. He has appeared as a pitcher and a hitter for each team but it seems as though his bat heavily outweighs his ability on the mound. Beck put up some gaudy numbers for the Cardinals last season as he appeared in 39 games...
Thursday PM Forecast: heat continues though more active pattern may cool some afternoons
The main idea over the next several days will remain the same. Days will start hot and humid and eventually give way to scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms. A *HEAT ADVISORY* is in effect from 10am to 7pm Friday as feels-like temperatures up to 109 are expected across Metro Baton Rouge and points to the south and east. Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. Drink plenty of fluids, and when possible, stay in an air-conditioned rooms, avoid afternoon sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
LSU offering freshmen $3,000 to live at home this semester
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – Louisiana State University is offering some incoming freshman $3,000 to live at home. Incoming freshman with home addresses within 30 minutes of LSU’s campus are eligible for the incentive. LSU Residential Life Executive Director Peter Trentacoste said there are more students interested...
Check presentations highlight 2024 Donaldsonville Independence Day celebration
The 2024 Donaldsonville Independence Day celebration held July 3 at Crescent Park included check presentations with local and state officials in attendance. State Sen. Ed Price and state Rep. Ken Brass joined City of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish government, Nicholls State University and River Parishes Community College leaders on the park's stage.
The Neals, Flow Tribe and 75 more live music shows in the Baton Rouge area
Looking for live music in the Baton Rouge area this weekend? We've got you covered. BATON ROUGE MUSIC STUDIOS: Tin Roof Brewing Company, 5 p.m. MIKE GIBNEY DUO: Agile Brewing, 5:30 p.m. CARTER HAMPTON: Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's, 6 p.m. CHRIS LEBLANC BAND: Shoe Creek Central, 6 p.m. LUCY YOES: Mami's,...
LSU flip target Brandon Brown to shut down recruitment on Friday
LSU has been laying the groundwork for a potential flip from new SEC rival Texas, and it will find out if its efforts were successful on Friday. Brandon Brown, a four-star 2025 defensive lineman from Melbourne, Florida, who is committed to the Longhorns, announced that he will shut down his recruitment and make a final decision at 2 p.m. CT. Brown is set to choose between an all-SEC final four of Texas, LSU, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Kaleb Jackson – The Key to a Revised LSU Running Attack
The 2024 LSU offense will operate much differently in the post-Jayden Daniels era. Newly minted co-offensive coordinators Joe Sloan and Cortez Hankton are tasked with adjusting the team’s approach to running the football to lean more heavily on the running backs. Fortunately for them, returning sophomore Kaleb Jackson has only scratched the surface of his potential as the next great LSU running back. His success will be critical to the success of the offense.
Family, Lafayette community remembers health advocate Jeannette Alcon: ‘A servant at heart’
Hamburger steak and Atomic Q’s, plus an ice water and a coffee, no sugar. That was Jeanette Alcon’s order at the family’s go-to spot, Hub City Diner, where her two children, Jonny and Rachel Campos sat Wednesday to remember their mother, days after she died at Hospice of Acadiana, close to the home where she raised her children after the family moved to Lafayette from Baton Rouge in 1988.
Two women arrested after turning selves in for stealing three puppies from Loranger home
LORANGER — Two Amite women turned themselves in on Thursday after they were caught on camera allegedly stealing three puppies from a Loranger home, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said. Sarah Folse, 31, and Deanna Witten, 52, were each booked on one count of felony theft and trespassing for...
Baton Rouge woman lives her dream, sings with Lauren Daigle at a Louisiana concert
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A recent high school graduate sang with one of her favorite artists at a concert in Louisiana. Anna Crasto grew up in Baton Rouge and was part of the most recent graduating class at St. Joseph’s Academy. She got to sing with Lauren Daigle at the Cajundome in Lafayette on June 12, Daigle’s last stop on the Kaleidoscope Tour.
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